Topic

What restaurant reviews say about cleanliness in New York, United States

Cleanliness appears in 0.8% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

Tripadvisor is above the baseline by 0.1 percentage points.

Confidence
32,981
Reviews analyzed
Last update
September 16, 2026
2 platforms in the sample

At a glance

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +1.6pp

Complaint signal

0.6%

Praise signal

2.2%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +1.9pp

Complaint signal

0.9%

Praise signal

2.8%

How this market compares

Compare this subdivision with country-level Restaurants patterns.

Largest gap: Tripadvisor is above baseline by 0.1 points.

Google Maps

Country baseline

0.7%

Tripadvisor

Country baseline

0.8%

Platform-by-platform signal

Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 0.9%.

Praise signal is 2.8%.

Baseline signal is 0.8%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.1 points.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 0.6%.

Praise signal is 2.2%.

Baseline signal is 0.7%.

Delta vs baseline is -0.1 points.

Largest difference from baseline

This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.

Tripadvisor

0.1pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.1 points (current 0.9%, baseline 0.8%).

Google Maps

0.1pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 0.1 points (current 0.6%, baseline 0.7%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.

Google Maps Top complaints
After a few minutes of sitting there with the bartenders in front of us cleaning and ignoring us I looked online to see if they were closed and they were because I couldn't fathom any other reason for the weird behavior.
Google Maps Top complaints
After that family left, he cleaned it and never called us over to sit there, meanwhile we were waiting outside.
Google Maps Top complaints
After the person eating on my right vacated her spot, that went uncleaned, as well.
Google Maps Top praises
10/10 quick and clean
Google Maps Top praises
It was clean.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A dirty space, rude staff who spoke little to any English, not a sign of a true German welcome.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Additionally, as he was cleaning the table he spilled some food scraps onto one of our party.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
After coming out of the hotel we could see the kitchen and saw that the cook accidently dropped raw kabab on the floor which was quite dirty but he just casually picked it up and used it.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Clean.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Nice and clean.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Room was clean.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote
I hope they address the cleanliness, improve the service, and bring the food quality back to where it should be.

Review rating: 1.0

Google Maps Praise quote
The staff was friendly, everything was clean, and the overall experience exceeded my expectations.

Review rating: 5.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote
Excellent Staff friendly very clean everything was superb

Review rating: 5.0

What the signal means

Coverage

305 insight listings mention Cleanliness in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 0.8% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 2.5% across available platforms.

Next step

Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.

Compare New York, United States with the national Restaurants pattern to see what stands out locally.

Use the Cleanliness signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Restaurants.

Evidence behind this topic

  • Cleanliness groups review language such as clean, cleanliness, dirty, hygiene, pests, and sanitary, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • New York, United States, Restaurants uses 32981 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 3 locality records, and 305 supporting insight listings for Cleanliness.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Cleanliness at 0.9%, compared with a measured average of 0.8% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Cleanliness at 2.8%, compared with a measured average of 2.5% across platforms.

How reliable is this signal?

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Reviews analyzed

32,981

Collected reviews: 909,172 · Analysis coverage: 3.6%

Platforms covered

2

Last update

September 15, 2026

Reports behind this finding

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Google Maps

Restaurants

What Google Maps reviews show about cleanliness at New York restaurants

Cleanliness appears in the Google Maps review sample for New York restaurants. For operators, the useful question is whether recent reviews for their own business show the same pattern; the market sample cannot diagnose one venue or explain a cause.

New York · July 31, 2026 Read Full Insight

Tripadvisor

Restaurants

What Tripadvisor reviews show about noise at New York restaurants

Noise appears in the Tripadvisor review sample for New York restaurants. For operators, the useful question is whether recent reviews for their own business show the same pattern; the market sample cannot diagnose one venue or explain a cause.

New York · July 31, 2026 Read Full Insight

Google Maps

Restaurants

What Google Maps reviews show about cleanliness at Buffalo restaurants

Cleanliness appears in the Google Maps review sample for Buffalo restaurants. For operators, the useful question is whether recent reviews for their own business show the same pattern; the market sample cannot diagnose one venue or explain a cause.

Buffalo · July 30, 2026 Read Full Insight

Tripadvisor

Restaurants

What Tripadvisor reviews show about noise at Buffalo restaurants

Noise appears in the Tripadvisor review sample for Buffalo restaurants. For operators, the useful question is whether recent reviews for their own business show the same pattern; the market sample cannot diagnose one venue or explain a cause.

Buffalo · July 30, 2026 Read Full Insight

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